| Subject: | Tendonitis in the Achilles tendon |
| Date: | 08/31/2004 04:20 AM |
| From: | Seth May |
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I thought I'd send this question out to the obra-pedia. Background: When I rode the RSVP (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party) at the beginning of August, it was rainy and cold the entire 7 hours of riding the first day. I'm not sure if that caused the tendonitis or was just a factor. The second day, my Achilles tendons were quite sore in both legs. After the ride, they really stiffened up and were very sore making it hard to walk, ride, and climb or descend stairs. I started icing on and off, and took about a week off the bike. In a week, my right leg was back to normal, but the tendonitis persisted in my left leg. I've taken substantial time off the bike in the last month hoping that this problem would go away. Currently, even my short, easy, 10 minute commutes to work and back have started aggravating it (it is sore (I can't fully extend my ankle joint), and swells up, sometimes to the point that the tendon feels like its grinding). The pain has started to change from just sore to having sharp pain when I fully extend my ankle. My questions: Have any of you had problems like this before? If so, how did you tackle it? Is it time to call in a doctor? Is it something my GP can take care of, or should I be talking to a specialist of sorts? Recommendations of specialists in the Eugene area? Thanks -- Seth May Technical Consultant Educational and Community Supports University of Oregon (541) 346-2470, (541) 346-5517 (fax) set-@uoregon.edu |
